British Vogue
{{Short description|British edition of Vogue}}
{{About|the UK magazine|its parent publication|Vogue (magazine)|other uses|Vogue (disambiguation){{!}}Vogue}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| italic title = no
| title = Vogue
| logo = File:British Vogue logo.svg
| image_file = Vogue SM.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Cover of the May 2000 issue, featuring Kate Moss
| editor = Chioma Nnadi
| editor_title = Head of Editorial Content
| frequency = Monthly
| circulation = 1.8 million
| category = Fashion
| company = Condé Nast Publications
| firstdate = September 1916
| country = United Kingdom
| based = London
| language = English
| website = [http://www.vogue.co.uk/ vogue.co.uk]
| circulation_year = 2024
}}
British Vogue (stylised in all caps) is the British edition of the American fashion magazine Vogue. The magazine was launched in 1916 by Condé Nast, linking together fashion and high society.König A. (2006). Glossy Words: An Analysis of Fashion Writing in British Vogue. Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, 10(1/2), 205–224.
British Vogue is the third most profitable edition of Vogue worldwide (other than the American and Chinese editions).{{cite web |author=Lisa Armstrong |author-link=Lisa Armstrong (writer) |title=Vogue China celebrates 100 issues with Mario Testino edition |url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG10425188/Vogue-China-celebrates-100-issues-with-Mario-Testino-edition.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154545/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG10425188/Vogue-China-celebrates-100-issues-with-Mario-Testino-edition.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph |quote=Angelica Cheung is arguably the most powerful Vogue editor in the world. Anna Wintour may be more famous, but Cheung's Vogue - the Chinese edition - is so commercially successful...}}{{cite web |author= |date=21 July 2005 |title=China's in vogue so Vogue's in China |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200507/21/eng20050721_197537.html |access-date=22 March 2012 |work=People's Daily}}
Background
British Vogue is the British edition of the American fashion magazine Vogue. The magazine is published monthly twelve times per year. Within the United Kingdom copies of the magazine come without the 'British' in the 'O' in the publications logo.
= Circulation =
| class="wikitable"
|+Total print circulation (United Kingdom and international){{Cite web |title=Vogue - ABC UK |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2214 |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=www.abc.org.uk}} |Year !2020 !2022 !2024 |
| Circulation
|682,709{{notetag|Missing January and May to October issues}} |1,764,164 |1,821,693 |
|---|
= Editors =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Editor !Start year !End year !Ref. |
| colspan="4" |Vogue (1916–present) |
|---|
| Elspeth Champcommunal
|1916 |1922 |
| Dorothy Todd
|1923 |1926 |
| Alison Settle
|1926 |1934 |
| Elizabeth Penrose
|1935 |1939 |
| Audrey Withers
|1940 |1961 |
| Ailsa Garland
|1961 |1964 | |
| Beatrix Miller
|1964 |1984 |
| Anna Wintour
|1985 |1987 |
| Liz Tilberis
|1988 |1992 | |
| Alexandra Shulman
|1992 |2017 |
| Edward Enninful
|2017 |2023 |
| Chioma Nnadi
|2023 |present |{{Cite news |last=Ferrier |first=Morwenna |date=2023-09-18 |title=Chioma Nnadi to replace Edward Enninful as head of British Vogue |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/sep/18/chioma-nnadi-to-replace-edward-enninful-as-head-of-british-vogue |access-date=2025-01-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} |
History
= Early years under Chapcommunal, Todd, and Settle (1916–1934) =
During the World War I, Condé Nast (publisher of Vogue) dealt with restritions on overseas shipping and paper shortages in the United States. To answer the problem the decision was made to launch a British edition providing Vogue coverage across the British Isles, with the American edition unable to be shipped to Britain.
Under the editor Elspeth Champcommunal, articles included 'society and sporting news... Health and beauty advice... travelogues... and editorials', making a 'skillfully mixed cocktail'.Mahood, A., Fashioning Readers: The avant garde and British Vogue, 1920-9 in Women, 13 (1) (2002), pp. 37–47
Dorothy Todd became editor in 1923 and was renowned for her boldness, especially blending the arts and fashion. Under her leadership the magazine shifted its focus from fashion to literature, featuring articles from Clive Bell, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, and more.Aldous Huxley: Selected Letters". p. 144. Ivan R. Dee, 2007 However, the magazine also lost much of its audience due to these changes and she was replaced by Alison Settle in 1926.
= Pre and post-war under Penrose and Withers (1935–1960) =
Audrey Withers became editor of the magazine in 1940 (replacing Elizabeth Penrose Howkins who edited the publication from 1935 to 1939). During the World War II the magazine reported on events of the war. In 1944, Lee Miller was sent to Normandy by Withers to produce an article on wartime nursing; then following the Allied advance through Europe reporting on the liberation of Paris and Buchenwald concentration camp.Drusilla Beyfus, 'Withers, (Elizabeth) Audrey (1905–2001), magazine editor' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2005)
= Under Anna Wintour and Liz Tilberis (1985–1992) =
Anna Wintour served as Editor-in-Chief from 1985 to 1987 before taking over House & Garden, only editing the magazine for ten months before becoming Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue a position which she is still in.
Liz Tilberis then took over the magazine running the publication until 1992 when she joined Vogue
= Under Alexandra Shuman (1992–2017) =
Under Alexandra Shulman the magazine drew over a million readers. Shulman developed collectors issues of the magazine such as the 'Gold Millennium Issue'. Shulman was also praised for her use of up and coming photographers like Mario Testino.{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}} Shulman pushed designers to stop using 'size-zero' models and attempted to 'change the face of fashion'.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
In 2016, Shulman collaborated with photographer Josh Olins to shoot Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on the cover of Vogue's centenary issue. The photographs were subsequently featured in the National Portrait Gallery, London{{cite web |title=The Duchess Is Vogue's Centenary Cover Star |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/duchess-of-cambridge-vogue-cover-catherine-centenary-issue |website=Vogue UK |date=30 April 2016 |access-date=5 January 2021}} The magazine under Shulman was the subject of Richard Macer's behind-the-scenes BBC documentary, Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue (2016).{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
= Current era under Enninful and Nnandi (2017–present) =
Edward Enninful was confirmed as the new editor-in-chief of British Vogue on 10 April 2017.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39553525 |title=British Vogue hires first male editor |date=2017-04-10 |work=BBC News |access-date=2017-11-17 }} Condé Nast International Chairman and CEO Jonathan Newhouse announced him as the successor to Alexandra Shulman, calling Enninful "an influential figure in the communities of fashion, Hollywood and music which shape the cultural zeitgeist", adding that "by virtue of his talent and experience, Edward is supremely prepared to assume the responsibility of British Vogue".
Enninful's first issue as editor-in-chief was 2017's December issue, featuring British model and activist Adwoa Aboah on the cover.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/11/british-vogue-edward-enninful/545279/ |title=Can a New Vogue Editor Make Britain Great Again? |last=Gilbert |first=Sophie |work=The Atlantic |access-date=2017-11-17 }}
The magazine's September 2020 triple gatefold cover featured pictures of 20 activists often associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, including Marcus Rashford and Adwoa Aboah. The Activism Now edition was photographed by Misan Harriman and was the first British Vogue cover taken by a black man in the magazine's 104-year history (Nadine Ijewere was the first black female to take a cover photograph).{{cite news |date=3 August 2020 |last=Davies |first=Caroline |title=Marcus Rashford scores cover of British Vogue's September issue |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/aug/03/marcus-rashford-scores-cover-of-british-vogues-september-issue |newspaper=The Guardian }}
Actress Dame Judi Dench became the oldest person at age 85 to be featured on the June 2020 cover.{{Cite web|title=Judi Dench, 85, is the oldest British Vogue cover star ever — see her photo shoot!|url=https://www.today.com/style/judi-dench-85-oldest-british-vogue-cover-star-ever-t180718|website=TODAY.com |date=4 May 2020 |access-date=7 May 2020}} In 2022, actor Timothée Chalamet became the first, solo male print cover star, in the magazine's history.
In June 2023, Enninful announced his departure from the magazine and his last cover was the March 2024 issue.{{Cite web |last=Mzizi |first=Yola |date=2024-02-08 |title=Edward Enninful's Final British Vogue Cover Features 40 Former Cover Stars |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/media/british-vogue-edward-enninful-final-cover/#:~:text=In%20his%20final%20issue%20as,by%20Steven%20Meisel%20in%20December. |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}}
Chioma Nnadi succeeded Enninful as editor, and was the first Black woman to be head of editorial content at the publication.{{cite news|last=Ferrier|first=Morwenna|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/sep/18/chioma-nnadi-to-replace-edward-enninful-as-head-of-british-vogue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918130414/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/sep/18/chioma-nnadi-to-replace-edward-enninful-as-head-of-british-vogue|title=Chioma Nnadi to replace Edward Enninful as head of British Vogue|date=18 September 2023|work=The Guardian|accessdate=18 September 2023|archivedate=18 September 2023}}
See also
- Vogue, American edition in publication since 1892
- Vogue Australia, Australian edition in publication since 1959 (from 1952 as a British Vogue supplement)
- Men in Vogue, Men's edition in publication from 1965 to 1970
- List of British Vogue cover models
Notes
References
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External links
- [https://www.vogue.co.uk/ British Vogue] website
- [https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/magazines/vogue-uk/ British Vogue] - Fashion Model Directory
- [https://models.com/client/british-vogue British Vogue] - models.com
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